Improving Student Learning Outcomes: A Conversation About How Faculty Use Assessment Data
Moderator
Sheena Shifko
Department
English & Humanities, Natural Sciences, Allied Health Sciences
Presentation Location
Clark Memorial Library, Room 207
Presentation Start Date and Time
6-3-2024 10:00 AM
Presentation End Date and Time
6-3-2024 11:00 AM
Brief Abstract
The proposed panel discussion will feature faculty and co-curricular program leaders who have developed and enacted assessment plans that have yielded useful data. Scholars and practitioners in the field of education assessment rightly recognize the importance of faculty buy-in as a core component of changing a campus culture away from compliance and toward a culture of student learning. Kristina Meinking (2021) further argues that an institution that embraces the scholarship of teaching and learning can result in a campus climate where curiosity, rather than compliance and mandates, drives student learning assessment. This workshop will be facilitated by Professor Sheena Shifko, and it will offer diverse examples of learning assessment that has resulted in programmatic changes. The programs represented on the panel range from an accredited program in health sciences to the writing program at Shawnee State and the university’s general education program. Panel participants will share how they’ve used assessment to improve student learning and program operations, and they’ll offer suggestions to faculty and co-curricular program leaders who are new to the process or feel their assessment processes have stagnated.
Recommended Citation
Scott, Marc; Larson, Erik; McGlone, Jean; and Woodward, Mariah, "Improving Student Learning Outcomes: A Conversation About How Faculty Use Assessment Data" (2024). Faculty Research and Teaching Expo. 1.
https://digitalcommons.shawnee.edu/ffa/Faculty_Presentations_2024/March_6_2024/1
Improving Student Learning Outcomes: A Conversation About How Faculty Use Assessment Data
Clark Memorial Library, Room 207
The proposed panel discussion will feature faculty and co-curricular program leaders who have developed and enacted assessment plans that have yielded useful data. Scholars and practitioners in the field of education assessment rightly recognize the importance of faculty buy-in as a core component of changing a campus culture away from compliance and toward a culture of student learning. Kristina Meinking (2021) further argues that an institution that embraces the scholarship of teaching and learning can result in a campus climate where curiosity, rather than compliance and mandates, drives student learning assessment. This workshop will be facilitated by Professor Sheena Shifko, and it will offer diverse examples of learning assessment that has resulted in programmatic changes. The programs represented on the panel range from an accredited program in health sciences to the writing program at Shawnee State and the university’s general education program. Panel participants will share how they’ve used assessment to improve student learning and program operations, and they’ll offer suggestions to faculty and co-curricular program leaders who are new to the process or feel their assessment processes have stagnated.